debian-devel thread (Re: Do we still need libc5?)

2005-09-03 Thread Bob Proulx
This is a thread being discussed on debian-devel. Patrick apparently rewrote the address to debian-laptop by mistake when he responded to a message posted to debian-devel. Let's not split the discussion. If this interests you, read the debian-devel thread and reply there. Thanks Bob Patrick Wi

USB connector for IBM Notebook

2005-09-03 Thread Katrina Tamburello
Can this connector work with Windows 95.  I need to make my nb USB capable?  If not is there something else?  Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Thanks.  

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-03 Thread Luca Pireddu
On September 3, 2005 04:58, James Brown wrote: > All, > > I 'm fairly new to Linux (used Sarge for ~6months) and the time has come > for me to buy a laptop. I will be living in continental Europe > (Frankfurt, Milan, Paris) for 2 years (on business) so I need a decent > spec since it will be my

Argh! wpa + rt8180 + ndiswrapper = insanity?

2005-09-03 Thread Einar Kristvik Risholm
Title: Argh! wpa + rt8180 + ndiswrapper = insanity? Or am I stupid? For the last two days I have tried and tried to connect my old laptop to our wireless network. I've got a D-link DWL-610 wireless pcmcia card with a rtl8180 chipset which works well using ndiswrapper and the latest driver fro

Re: shutdown problem

2005-09-03 Thread Dietmar Sieger
Arne Lange wrote: > ... > I'm running Debian 3.1 Sarge on a IBM Thinkpad R51. I use kernel > 2.6.8-2-686. > > When i shutdown my notebook it goes down, the screen went black, and all > LEDs are off. But the fan still runs and doesn't want to stop. I have > got to press the powerbutton for 3 secon

partition with debian sarge net_install

2005-09-03 Thread Ait Bouizargane Mohamed
Hi all; I have some problems with my installation of debian sarge using net_install, the problem is that i can't find all my partitions. the installation gaves me just all the dd but in reality i have 4 partition if someone have a solution plez help me. (I have a IBM Thinkpad R40) -- To UNSUB

Re: shutdown problem

2005-09-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 11:51:21 +0200 Arne Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm running Debian 3.1 Sarge on a IBM Thinkpad R51. I use kernel > 2.6.8-2-686. > > When i shutdown my notebook it goes down, the screen went black, and all > LEDs are off. But the fan still runs and doesn't w

Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-03 Thread James Brown
All, I 'm fairly new to Linux (used Sarge for ~6months) and the time has come for me to buy a laptop. I will be living in continental Europe (Frankfurt, Milan, Paris) for 2 years (on business) so I need a decent spec since it will be my only machine at home. My requirements are: * Can run De

shutdown problem

2005-09-03 Thread Arne Lange
Hi, I'm running Debian 3.1 Sarge on a IBM Thinkpad R51. I use kernel 2.6.8-2-686. When i shutdown my notebook it goes down, the screen went black, and all LEDs are off. But the fan still runs and doesn't want to stop. I have got to press the powerbutton for 3 seconds to stop it. Before i u